How do u deal with excess people?

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Posted by Lee Sussman.

Student on team #95, Lebanon Robotics Team, LRT, from Lebanon Highschool and Crrel.

Posted on 4/27/2000 9:30 AM MST



Our team is growing in size. This year, the team was bigger than ever (about 30-35 student members). We ran into a problem, namely this: How do we deal with more people than tasks? What was happening was that we had a few small tightly knit groups working on different projects, usually veterens, and a bunch of 'floaters', or people with no specific task, usually new members. These 'floaters' more often than not just ended up goofing off and annoying everyone else. We met, and are trying to work out a solution, but we also thought 'hey, how do those REALLY big teams out there deal with this problem?' So, if any of u have any suggestions, please post it, or email me at Lifeblood@thefragile.com. Thanx, I hope to hear from you!